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NetLogo 2.1.0 User Manual
Copyright 1999 by Uri Wilensky. All rights reserved.
The NetLogo software, models and documentation are distributed free of
charge for use by the public to explore and construct models. Permission
to copy or modify the NetLogo software, models and documentation for
educational and research purposes only and without fee is hereby
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uses of this software, in original or modified form, including but not
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must be obtained from Uri Wilensky. The software, models and
documentation shall not be used, rewritten, or adapted as the basis of a
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the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is"
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To reference this software in academic publications, please use:
Wilensky, U. (1999). NetLogo. http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/.
Center for Connected Learning and Computer-Based Modeling, Northwestern
University, Evanston, IL.
The project gratefully acknowledges the support of the National Science
Foundation (REPP and ROLE Programs) -- grant numbers REC #9814682 and
REC #0126227.
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For random number generation, NetLogo uses the MersenneTwisterFast class
by Sean Luke. The copyright for that code is as follows:
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Portions copyright (c) 1993 by Michael Lecuyer.
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Parts of NetLogo (specifically, the random-gamma primitive) are based on
code from the Colt library (http://hoschek.home.cern.ch/hoschek/colt/).
The copyright for that code is as follows:
Copyright 1999 CERN - European Organization for Nuclear Research.
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NetLogo uses the MRJ Adapter library, which is Copyright (c) 2003 Steve
Roy . The library is covered by the GNU LGPL (Lesser
General Public License). The text of that license is included in the
"docs" folder which accompanies the NetLogo download, and is also
available from http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html.
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For movie-making, NetLogo uses code adapted from
sim.util.media.MovieEncoder.java by Sean Luke, distributed under the
MASON Open Source License. The copyright for that code is as follows:
This software is Copyright 2003 by Sean Luke. Portions Copyright 2003 by
Gabriel Catalin Balan, Liviu Panait, Sean Paus, and Dan Kuebrich. All
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For movie-making, NetLogo uses code adapted from JpegImagesToMovie.java
by Sun Microsystems. The copyright for that code is as follows:
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